Schools in Zip Code 61108

ZIP code 61108 has five schools—three elementary, one middle and one high school—with 4,127 students in all, all part of Rockford School District 205. SchoolDigger ranks the district 672nd of 738 Illinois districts, in the 9th percentile, with 0 stars. The clearest concern is that every school’s available test results are below state results, and attendance is also a serious issue at the high school.

Rolling Green leads elementary schools in 2025–2026 all-grades ELA, with 34% proficient versus 24% at Whitehead Elementary School, a 10-point difference. Elementary math results are much closer: Rolling Green has 21%, compared with 19% at Gregory Elementary School. Across the three elementary schools, the average is 30% in ELA and 20% in math, versus state results of 56% and 40%. Grade-level leaders vary: Gregory leads grade 5 science at 31%, while Whitehead leads grade 3 and grade 4 math. The only middle school, Bernard W Flinn Middle School, has grade 8 ELA at 41% and math at 14%. The only high school, Rockford East High School, has grade 11 ACT proficiency of 16% in ELA, 10% in math and 17% in science.

Results have shifted unevenly. Elementary average ELA slipped slightly from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 as the state result rose 3 points; average math improved about 1 point. Gregory’s grade 5 science result climbed 18 points, the strongest improvement noted. SchoolDigger’s latest percentiles are lower for all five schools than in 2023–2024: for example, Rolling Green fell from the 26th to the 8th percentile. School characteristics offer context, not an explanation: in 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible shares ranged from 77% at Gregory to 81% at Whitehead, while student-teacher ratios ranged from 13.0 at Rolling Green to 18.1 at Whitehead. Rockford East also reported 56% chronic absenteeism, compared with 24% statewide. Because grade spans and assessments differ, comparisons are most useful within matching grades and subjects.